Capt.-Lieut. 295
—— C. 317, 373, 382
—— George, Lieut. 378
—— C. T. Lieut. 554, 555
Grace, Capt. 108, 119, 169, 214;
Lieut.-Col. 307
Grand, F. W. Lieut. 76
—— J. E. Lieut. 84
Granishaw, Lieut. 288, 289
Grant, C. Lieut. 373;
Capt. 409, 454, 457, 459, 462;
Major, 499, 507, 513, 514, 515;
Lieut.-Col. 538, 540, 542, 547, 562, 571
Green, Capt.-Lieut. 21
—— J. Lieut.-Fireworker, 89
—— C. Capt.-Lieut. 89;
Major, 156, 180, 181;
Lieut.-Col. 204, 211, 226, 233
—— H. Lieut. 119, 121, 151
—— T. Lieut. 134, 150, 214;
Capt. 246, 248, 250, 251, 252
—— Charles, Lieut. 409, 427, 431, 435
Groat, Lieut. 88
Grote, Lieut. 385
Grove, Lieut. 284
Groves, Lieut. 273
Hall, Capt. 317, 374
Hardwicke, Lieut. 89, 121, 129, 132;
Capt. 150, 156;
Gen. 191, 342, 347, 368
Hamilton, Lieut. 69
Hardinge, Lord, 464, 465, 466, 467, 482, 498, 512
Harris, Lieut. 69;
Capt.-Lieut. 89, 285, 286, 296, 303
Hart, Lieut. 73
Havelock, Col. 530
Hawkins, Lieut. 409, 428, 447, 463
Hay, Major, 55
—— Lieut. 214, 244, 245, 256, 261, 283, 284
—— W. Lieut. 554
Hearsey, Major, 322, 534, 535, 538
Hele, Lieut. 334
Herbert, Lieut. Qr.-Mast. 89, 536
Hetzler, Lieut. 214;
Capt.-Lieut. 262, 263;
Capt. 357, 358, 361;
R. Brig. 385, 388, 389
Hill, Capt. 77, 83, 84;
Col. 115;
Lieut. 113, 114, 127, 142, 144, 151, 302
Hind, Lieut. 149
Hinde, Lieut. 127, 154, 242;
Capt.-Lieut. 244;
Capt. 284
Hislop, Corp. 280, 282
Hockler, Lieut. 23
Hogge, Capt. 527, 571
Holland, Lieut. 88, 455, 514;
Major, 204
Hollingsbury, Lieut. 90
Holmes, Lieut. 503, 535
Home, Col. 48
Hopper, Lieut. 119, 156, 260;
Capt. 287
Horsborough, Lieut. 89, 133, 147, 150, 151
Horsburgh, Lieut. 121, 122
Horsford, Capt. 121, 123, 150, 166;
Major, 204;
Lieut.-Col. Commt. 250;
Col. 251, 252, 254, 255, 257, 267, 269, 284, 285, 293;
Sir J. Major-Gen. 333, 337, 338, 340, 341
—— R. H. Lieut. 386;
Capt. 469, 476, 483, 488, 510, 514, 515;
Major, 538, 562, 571
Hotham, Lieut. 374, 375
Howell, Capt. 147, 148, 150, 155, 166
Hudson, Matross, 282
Hughes, Lieut. 386
Huish, A. Capt. 454, 533, 540, 562, 565, 571
Humfrays, Lieut. 455
Humphrays, Lieut. 154, 227, 228
Humphries, Lieut. 121, 159
Hunter, Lieut. 354
Hunter, J. Lieut. 554, 555
Hussey, W. W. Lieut. 39;
Capt. 88, 94;
Lieut.-Col. 155;
Col. 210, 211
Hutchinson, Capt. 250, 267, 268, 279, 280, 282, 284
Huthwaite, Lieut. 377, 386;
Lieut.-Col. 469, 471, 482, 484, 485, 492, 507, 514, 515, 527, 528,
535, 538, 570, 571
Hyde, Capt. 385
Ironside, Col. 22, 100
Jack, Col. 520
Jennings, Lieut. 8, 11, 15;
Capt. 20, 23, 24, 27
Johnson, Conductor, 121
—— Lieut. 121;
Capt. 169;
Lieut. Brig.-Major, 385
—— E. B. Lieut. 571
Johnstone, Gunner, 282
Jones, Capt. 38
—— Lieut. 119, 121, 134, 151;
Major-Gen. 245
Kaye, E. Lieut. 409, 411, 416, 499, 514, 527, 570, 571
Kaylor, Lieut. 21
Kean, Gunner, 448
Keeble, Cadet, 151
Kelly, Col. 123, 124, 127, 128, 134, 328, 329
Kempt, L. Lieut. 69, 319
Kennedy, Lieut. 314
Kinch, Lieut. 15, 18, 19;
Capt. 23
Kindersley, Major, 30, 31
Kinleside, Lieut. 404;
Capt. 533, 547, 562, 571
Kirby, Lieut. 358, 361, 374
Kirkpatrick, Major, 12
Knox, Capt. 18
Lane, Lieut. 376;
Capt. 407, 443, 451;
Brev.-Major, 455, 457, 458, 462;
Lieut.-Col. 470, 499, 501, 503, 504, 510, 513, 514, 530, 543, 562,
571
Larkins, Lieut. 443
Laurence, L. Lieut. 334, 374
Laurenson, Lieut. 371, 379;
Major, 501, 503;
Lieut.-Col. 507, 514, 515
Lawrence, H. M. Capt. 432, 444, 445, 451;
Major, 514, 515
Lawrie, Major, 326
Leathes, Lieut. 462
Legertwood, Lieut. 72, 73
Leslie, Gen. 50, 67
—— Col. 98, 219
—— Capt. 436
Levey, W. Matross, 320
Lewin, Lieut. 374
Lindsay, Capt.-Lieut. 285;
Capt. 319, 328, 329, 334, 357, 358;
Lieut.-Col. Commdt. 374
Lloyd, Col. 126, 128
Ludlow, Major, 317, 538, 547, 562, 565, 571
Lumsden, Lieut. 314, 333;
Capt. 373, 379, 382
Luxford, Lieut. 314, 315, 316
Lyons, Lieut. 316
Macalister, Lieut. 119
Macbeagh, Lieut. 89
Mackay, Lieut. 385
Mackenzie, M. Lieut. 409, 416, 418, 421, 424;
Brev.-Capt. 471, 496;
Capt. 514, 522, 523, 524, 550, 554, 561, 562, 564, 571
Mackinnon, Lieut. 488, 489
Mackintyre, Capt. 156;
Lieut.-Col. 169, 180;
Major, 204
MacLean, Lieut. 385
Macklewaine, Capt. 73
MacLeod, Col. 107, 108, 124
MacNee, Serg. 448
Macpherson, Lieut. 121, 140, 151
Maidman, Lieut. 385
Maitland, Hon. Capt. 108
Manson, Lieut. 544
Marshall, Lieut. 289;
Major-Gen. 336, 357
Martin, Capt. 30, 562
Mason, Capt. 291, 317;
Major, 319, 333, 338
Master, Capt. 554
Mathison, Lieut. 319, 320, 321, 352, 353
Matthews, Lieut. 119, 121;
A. 151, 250, 246, 254;
Capt. 284
Maud, Lieut. 88
Maule, Lieut. 426, 432
Mawbey, Capt. 158;
Col. 314, 316
Maxwell, Col. 134, 148
—— H. H. Lieut. 499, 514
Mayaffre, Capt. 72, 73, 74, 75, 76
Maynard, F. Lieut. 156
McDermott, Lieut. 89
McDonald, Lieut. 88
—— Lieut. 371;
Major, 462
MᶜDouall, Gen. 227
McDowall, Capt. 318, 358, 360
McGregor, G. Capt. 439, 442, 444, 445, 446, 451
—— R. G. Lieut. 371, 386
McLean, Lieut. 69
McLeod, A. Lieut. 151, 156;
Major, 317, 327, 333, 338;
Lieut.-Col. 368;
Brig. C.B. 388
—— D. Lieut. 289
MᶜMorine, Lieut. 385
McPherson, D. Lieut. 150
McQuake, Lieut. 285, 286;
Capt.-Lieut. 314
Mecham, R. Lieut. 554
Miles, Capt. 534
Mill, Lieut. 500, 523, 554
Miller, W. Lieut. 554
Milligan, Lieut. 455
Mills, Brev.-Capt. 455;
Capt. 483, 487, 489
Moir, Lieut. 455, 470, 471, 483, 554
Montague, E. Lieut. 48;
Capt.-Lieut. 89;
Capt. 124, 127, 134, 135, 136;
Major, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 148, 149, 150, 166;
Lieut.-Col. 204, 214, 215, 216, 217
—— J. Capt. 217, 219, 220;
Major, 221, 222;
Lieut.-Col. 223, 242
Montresor, Col. 215
Moore, Capt. 91
Mordaunt, Capt. 156, 157
Moorhouse, Col. 126;
Major, 135
Moreland, Lieut. 314, 333, 385
Morgan, Charles, Col. 71
Morris, Lieut. 250, 261, 265, 284
Mowatt, Major, 558, 562, 565, 571
Muir, Col. 73
Mulhall, Serg. 433, 435
Muller, Matross, 282
Murray, Col. 267
Musgrave, Col. 123
Nash, Lieut. 90, 121, 122, 123, 134, 151
Neish, Lieut. 88
Nelly, Lieut. 89, 121, 150;
Capt. 250, 279, 284
Newall, Lieut. 550, 554, 555
Nicholl, Lieut. 385;
Capt. 426, 427, 434, 435
Nicolls, Col. 322, 323
Noble, Capt. 297
O’Hanlon, Lieut. 371, 372
Oliphant, Capt. 385
Olpherts, H. Lieut. 527, 571
—— W. Lieut. 456, 461
Owen, Capt. 91
Palmer, C. H. Lieut. 244
Parker, W. Lieut. 256, 284;
Lieut.-Col. 385;
Brig. 403
Parlby, Lieut. 285, 303, 314;
Capt. 366
Paschaud, Capt.-Lieut. 242, 245, 284
Patch, Lieut. 357, 358, 361
Paton, Lieut. 373, 377, 497
Pearse, Major, 30;
Lieut.-Col. 31, 33, 36, 37, 38, 42, 49, 51, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 66,
72, 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 100, 103, 107, 109, 110,
112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 164, 209, 242, 294, 341
Pennington, Lieut. 214, 242;
Capt. 279, 283, 284;
Major, 314, 316, 331, 333, 339;
Lieut.-Col. 353
—— Lieut. Fireworker, 333;
Lieut. 385
Percival, Lieut. 279, 284
Pereira, Lieut. 295, 319, 334;
Capt. 385
Perry, Lieut. 23
Pew, Major, 194, 361, 363, 385, 409
Pickersgill, Lieut. 328
Pillans, Lieut. 385;
Capt. 514, 515
Playfair, Lieut. 314
Polhill, Lieut. 81
Polier, Major, 22
Pollock, George, Lieut. 261, 284;
Capt. 327;
Major, 371;
Lieut.-Col.
379, 382;
Major-Gen. 443, 446, 450, 464, 465, 478
Pollock, R. H. Lieut. 443, 444, 445, 446, 449, 476, 478, 479
Popham, Major, 69, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 82, 83, 84
Pryce, Lieut. 285;
Capt.-Lieut. 334
Purvis, Lieut. 280
Quayles, Lieut. 554
Raban, Capt. 250, 264, 265, 273, 284
Ralfe, Lieut. 301
Raper, J. F. Lieut. 554
Rattray, Lieut. 69, 71;
Capt. 112, 166;
Major, 204
Rawlins, Lieut. 295;
Capt. 374
Rawlinson, Lieut. 371
Raymond, Col. 160
Read, Lieut. 23
Reid, Brev.-Capt. 461
Remington, Lieut. 455
Richards, Lieut. 214, 260;
Capt. 296, 298;
Major, 317
Richardson, Lieut. 407, 443, 449
Roberts, R. Lieut. 319, 334;
Capt. 385
Robertson, Lieut. 432, 443, 535, 562, 565, 571
Robinson, Lieut. 89;
Capt. 246, 250, 251, 252, 284
Rodber, Lieut. 283;
Capt. 314, 333, 345, 354, 355, 356, 358
Rosat, Lieut. 31
Ross, R. Capt. 148
Rotton, Lieut. 386
Russell, Lieut. 31
Rutherford, Lieut. 376
Sage, Lieut. 386
Salmon, Lieut. 407
Sampson, Capt. 121, 126, 147, 150, 151
Sand, Lieut. 76, 84
Sanders, Lieut. 334, 386, 403, 462
Sankey, M. C. Lieut. 554, 555
Saunders, Lieut. 357, 358, 361;
Brev.-Major, 455
Sconce, Lieut. 314, 333
Scott, Capt.-Lieut. 73;
Major, 204
—— J. Lieut. 296, 319, 373, 374, 376, 385
—— G. R. Lieut. 334, 371
Sears, Capt. 69
Shakespear, R. Lieut. 409, 411, 444, 446, 448, 451, 462;
Capt. 534, 538, 562, 569;
Major, 571
—— J. D. Capt. 562, 571
Shaw, S. Capt. 302, 303
Sherwood, Capt. 347
Shipton, Lieut. 84, 146, 151, 156;
Capt. 246, 250, 251, 252, 284
Simons, F. C. Lieut. 554
Sladen, Lieut. 455
Smith, Capt. 121, 123, 124, 147, 150, 151
—— C. Lieut. 316, 334;
Capt. 376
—— L. Lieut. 443
—— N. Capt. 265
—— J. D. Lieut. 245, 273, 284, 296
Smyth, Lieut. 407, 463
Sotheby, Lieut. 352;
Capt. 436, 447, 451
Speediman, Capt. 124
Starke, Lieut. 231, 260, 272, 284;
Capt. 314;
Lieut.-Col. 385, 387
Stewart, Lieut. 426, 435
Swiney, Lieut. 261, 279, 284
Swinhoe, W. Lieut. 554
Swinley, Capt. 469, 475, 483, 485, 492, 514, 515, 518
Syme, Lieut. 90
Tennant, Lieut.-Col. 113;
Lieut. 316;
Capt. 368, 385, 389;
Col. 454;
Brig. 460;
Brig.-Gen. 526, 564, 568, 571
Thelwall, Capt. 294
Thompson, Lieut. 373, 378;
Major, 416, 554
Tilfer, Lieut. 156, 157
Timbrell, Major, 171, 187;
Lieut. 304;
Capt. 317, 334, 371, 376, 382
Timmings, Lieut. 373, 378;
Capt. 409, 416, 422
Todd, Lieut. 386;
Capt. 410, 411, 451, 469, 483, 485, 488, 496
Tollemache, Capt.-Lieut. 334
Tombs, Lieut. 461, 504, 527, 571
Tomkyns, Lieut. 89, 121, 150;
Capt. 214, 226, 260
Toppin, Lieut. 127, 175;
Capt.-Lieut. 214
Torckler, Lieut. 386
Trant, Capt. 376
Trower, Capt. 469, 476, 477, 478, 479
Tulloh, Lieut. 127, 151, 154, 471
Turner, Lieut. 409, 437, 438, 447, 448;
Brev.-Capt. 463
Turton, Lieut. 88;
Capt. 288
—— J. Lieut. 377;
Capt. 501, 503, 513, 514
Twemlow, Lieut. 318, 358
Vanrenen, Lieut. 319, 334
Vernon, Lieut. 72
Wade, Lieut. 386;
Col. 413, 414
Wakefield, Lieut. 385
Walcote, Lieut. 328
Walcott, Lieut. 319, 358
Walker, J. Lieut. 89
—— R. Lieut. 409, 438, 447
Waller, Lieut. 426, 435, 448;
Capt. 499, 500, 514, 515
Walton, Gunner, 448
Warburton, Lieut. 409, 426, 448, 463
Warner, Lieut. 455;
Brev.-Capt. 471, 480, 483, 496, 499, 514, 530, 533, 562, 565, 566,
571
Watkins, Lieut. 156;
Capt. 245
Watson, J. E. Lieut. 533
Webbe, Capt. 317, 318, 327
Wheelwright, Lieut. 479
Whinfield, Lieut. 334, 385
Whish, Capt.-Lieut. 314, 331, 333, 339;
Major, 385;
Major-Gen. 523, 524, 526, 527, 550, 552, 553, 557, 558, 560, 561,
562, 564, 571
White, Col. 260, 261
Whiteford, Lieut. 455
Wiggins, Lieut. 385
Wilding, Lieut.-Col. 45
Wilkinson, Lieut. 88, 510
Wilson, R. B. Lieut. 322, 323, 334
Wilton, W. Lieut. 114, 115
Winbolt, Lieut. 119, 151, 159;
Capt.-Lieut. 250, 252, 253, 267, 269
Wintle, Lieut. 455
Winwood, Lieut. 15;
Capt. 27
Witherington, Capt. 5
Wittit, Lieut. 121, 122, 123, 124;
Capt. 150;
Major, 170, 244
—— C. Capt. 245, 260, 266
Wood, Lieut. J. 7;
Capt. 183
—— H. Lieut. 334;
Capt. 385;
Lieut.-Col. 500, 504, 507, 514, 518
Woodburn, Lieut. 88;
Major, 127, 150, 166, 176;
Lieut.-Col. 204, 212
Woodroofe, Capt. 385
Worthington, J. G. Lieut. 554
Young, J. Lieut. 260, 272, 284;
Lieut.-Col. 343
FOOTNOTES:
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Footnote 1:
_Calcutta Review._
Footnote 2:
There were probably some perquisites or other sources of emolument.
Footnote 3:
The following was copied from an inscription in charcoal, on the wall
of a small mosque on the declivity of a hill, about a mile from
Chunar, and the same distance from the Ganges, in October, 1780:—
“This is the place of confinement of Ann Wood, wife to Lieutenant John
Wood, taken prisoner by Jaffir Beg, Commandant to Sir Roger Dowler,
taken out of the house at Calcutta where so many unhappy gentlemen
suffered; the said Jaffir Beg obtained promotion of Segour Dowler for
his long service, Fouzdar of Chunar Gur.”
“I, Alexander Campbell, was taken, along with the unfortunate lady, at
eleven years old, by the same persons who afterwards made me an
eunuch; my only employment was to attend this lady, which I did in
this place four years. 1762, May 3rd, the said Jaffir Beg sent to
acquaint the lady that if she did not consent to live with him the 4th
of the said month, she should be strangled, and by my hands. The 3rd,
at midnight, we jumped out of this window and got to the river side,
where I hired boat for fifty gold rupees, to carry us safe to
Chinsurah, where we arrived on the 11th. The first news we heard was
that Lieutenant Wood died for grief; soon as she heard this, she fell
sick, and died the 27th of the month.”
“Mr. Drake behaved with the greatest imprudence, he did deserve to be
shot! shot! shot!
“Alexander Campbell, I am now in Dowlah’s service.”
“N.B.—Mrs. Wood’s apartment, and which is all the house consists of,
is 9 feet 5 inches by 8 feet 9 inches, and 7 feet 9 inches high; the
window, 18 inches.”
“Mrs. Bowers was a young woman, and inhabitant of Calcutta when it was
taken by the Moors in the year ——, where upwards of —— British
subjects were confined in the dungeon; she concealed herself until
night in one of the warehouses in the factory, from whence she made
her escape on board a small vessel lying in the river opposite the old
fort.”—_Hickey’s Gazette_, 1780.
Neither of these names is mentioned by Holwell.
Footnote 4:
It is probable that Captain (afterwards Sir R.) Barker was in this
vessel; he was transferred from the Royal to the Bengal Artillery, but
appears to have been employed in line commands, and never to have
joined the regiment.
Footnote 5:
This man was afterwards a member of council, and a bitter opponent of
Clive.
Footnote 6:
This was rather a detachment of Royal, Bombay, and Bengal Artillery;
Lieutenants Winwood and Kinch, of the Bengal Artillery, seem to have
been with it, but nothing very distinct can be ascertained.
Footnote 7:
This date is doubtful.
Footnote 8:
His real name was Walter Reinhart, but he was called Sombre from the
darkness of his countenance, and this was easily changed into Sumroo.
Franklyn says:—“Major Polier, at Delhi, to Colonel Ironside, at
Belgaum, in May, 1776, writes—‘His name is Balthazar ——; the rest I
have forgot. Sombre is ‘son nomme de guerre.’ He is a deserter of
ours; he enlisted at Calcutta before the taking of the place, I think,
in one of the Swiss companies, commanded by a young officer, I suppose
Vussarot or Ziegler, and deserted shortly after. This anecdote is not
generally known, and might serve, should he ever fall into our hands,
for a valid plea to hang him, which could not well be done otherwise
without straining a point, as he certainly only executed the commands
of his infamous master, and his life might have been endangered by
non-compliance.’”
Footnote 9:
Six subalterns of artillery, including a commissary and adjutant,
appear to have perished: Lieutenants Hockler, J. Brown, Deckers,
Perry, Adamson, and J. Read.
Footnote 10:
This was _not_ the battle of _Korah_, for which the 1st and 10th
regiments of N. I. wear an honorary distinction; that took place in
1778, between the English and some of the Nawab’s troops, on their
being disbanded.
Footnote 11:
────────────────────┬──────┬──────
│ Per │Total
│Comp. │
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Major. │ │ 1
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Captain. │ 1│ 4
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Capt.-Lieut. │ 1│ 4
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
1st Lieut. │ 1│ 4
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
2nd Lieut. │ 1│ 4
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Lieut. Fireworkers. │ 3│ 12
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Serjeants. │ 6│ 24
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Corporals. │ 6│ 24
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Drummers. │ 3│ 12
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Bombardiers. │ 8│ 32
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Gunners. │ 24│ 96
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Matrosses. │ 53│ 212
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Adjut. & Qr.-Master.│ 1│ 4
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Deputy Comr. │ 1│ 4
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Conductors. │ 2│ 8
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Serj.-Major. │ 1│ 4
────────────────────┼──────┼──────
Qr-Mast. Serjt. │1[114]│ 4
Footnote 12:
In consequence of this want, the recent mutiny and perhaps the
inefficiency of some of the officers of the corps. Russell, Baillie,
and Thelwall came into the corps from Madras; Rosat and Burnett from
H.M.S. _Folly_, from Bencoolen.
Footnote 13:
With a staff of 1 surveyor of stores, 1 regimental adjutant, 5
adjutants and quarter-masters, and 12 conductors.
Footnote 14:
Cadets.
Footnote 15:
Since writing the above, the want is being supplied by some spirited
articles in the Calcutta Quarterly [Review].
Footnote 16:
The Cutcha road was formed (of its present breadth) in 1782–3.—Colonel
Green’s Letter, 21st October, 1801.
Footnote 17:
Was there not a member of council of that name?
Footnote 18:
In all probability this formed the regular road to Berhampore.
Footnote 19:
Captain Macklewaine, Captain-Lieutenant Scott, Lieutenants Legertwood,
Hart, Glass, and Baillie.
Footnote 20:
Lieutenant F. W. Grand was a younger brother of the Mr. Grand whose
name is connected with Sir Philip Francis, from the latter having
seduced his wife, who afterwards was married to Talleyrand. Lieut. G.
commanded two 6–pounders attached to the two companies of Popham’s
regiment acting as a bodyguard to Hastings.
Lieutenant Sand probably commanded two guns with the remaining
companies of the wing of the regiment.
Footnote 21:
The Governor-General noticed Lieutenant Baillie’s conduct in General
Orders of 8th September and 19th October, 1781; on the latter occasion
the order says: “The strong recommendation which Major Crabb has given
Lieutenant Fw. Baillie for his distinguished attention and activity in
the management of the artillery under his charge, affords the
Governor-General a second occasion of acknowledging the services of
that officer on the same campaign, and publishing his thanks for it.”
Footnote 22:
Major Popham received 2,94,000; Major, 44,956; Captain, 22,478;
Subaltern, 11,239; Serjeant, 200; Soobadar, 300; Jemadar, 140;
Havildar, 100; Naick, 80; Sipahi, 50.
Footnote 23:
Captains Mayaffre and J. Hill,§ Lieutenants Gillespie§ and B. Bruce,§
Lieutenant Fireworkers E. F. Baillie, H. Balfour, W. Shipton,§ J. E.
Grand, R. Sands.§
Footnote 24:
───┬────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬─────────┬───────────
No.│Company.│Battalion.│Serjeants.│Corporals.│Drummers.│Gunner, &c.
───┼────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────┼───────────
2│ 4│ 2│ 6│ 6│ 2│ 61
5│ 5│ 1│ 6│ 7│ 2│ 55
10│ 5│ 2│ 7│ 6│ 3│ 56
───┴────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴─────────┴───────────
Footnote 25:
24–pounder 12 pair
18–pounder 9 pair
12–pounder 6 pair
6–pounder 3 pair
3–pounder 2 pair
8–inch Howitzer 7 pair
5½-inch Howitzer 5 pair
4½-inch Howitzer 3 pair
Wagon 7 pair
Tumbril 5 pair
Footnote 26:
When quarters were not furnished.
Footnote 27:
Four 18–pounders, eight 12–pounders, twenty 6–pounders, two
3–pounders, and two 5½-inch howitzers.
Footnote 28:
In the Calcutta burying-ground is a tomb to the memory of
Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Deare. She died a few days before him. The
inscription on the tomb is as follows:—
HERE REST THE REMAINS OF
MRS. CATHERINE DEARE,
WHO DIED AT CALCUTTA 6TH SEPT. 1791,
AGED XXXIV YEARS:
IN MEMORY OF HER AND HER HUSBAND,
LIEUT.-COLONEL CHARLES RUSSELL DEARE,
WHO FELL BY A CANNON-SHOT ON THE 13TH OF THE SAME MONTH,
WHILE COMMANDING THE BENGAL ARTILLERY,
IN AN ACTION FOUGHT
BETWEEN A DETACHMENT OF THE BRITISH FORCES
AND THOSE OF TIPPOO SULTAN,
NEAR SATTIMUNGULUM,
AGED XL YEARS.
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER,
COLONEL GEORGE DEARE.
Footnote 29:
Among them two brass 6–pounders which had been lost at Sattimungalum.
Footnote 30:
Lieutenants Douglas, Hinde, Dowell, Tulloh, and Humphrays.
Footnote 31:
A bar of iron was however let into the axle.
Footnote 32:
Major Woodburne and Captain Howell going away, were succeeded by
Captains Barton and Rattray.
Footnote 33:
A letter from Colonel Green to the Secretary of the Military Board,
July, 1801, says, “As the two 6–pounders, with brass cheeks, the Board
were pleased to direct the agent to make up for the service of the
horse artillery experiment, carrying on under my control, to replace
those sent to Egypt, will take some time, &c.” These carriages were
proved by Major Wittit, when ready, and some alterations suggested. It
is probable some mistake between brass and iron has crept into the
report from which the extract was taken, or else both brass and iron
were tried.
Footnote 34:
At this time serge had not been introduced it is supposed, and
cartridges were made of paper—that now called cannon-cartridge, or
packing.
Footnote 35:
Another was a crutch in which to receive the needle.
Footnote 36:
So great had been the alarm at one time, excited by the desperate
projects (of some officers), that Sir John Murray, the commandant of
Fort William, without communicating his precautionary proceedings to
the Governor-General, placed the fortress in a state of defence,
relying on the unshaken steadiness of the artillery; (_Life of Lord
Teignmouth_, vol. i. p. 351) ... and but for the firmness of the
artillery at Calcutta, and the manly resistance of several officers at
Cawnpore, the army would have dictated to the Government their own
terms.—_Idem_, _L. M. to Lord C._, p. 371.
Footnote 37:
Major-Gen. Duff,
Col.-Gen. Deare,
Lieut.-Col. Bruce,
Lieut.-Col. C. Green,
Lieut.-Col. Woodburn,
Lt.-Col. Montague,
Major Scott,
Major Rattray,
Major Mackintyre,
Major Burnett,
Major Holland,
Major Barton,
Major Carnegie,
Major Gordon,
Major Horsford.
Footnote 38:
Ten had been added in December, 1797.
Footnote 39:
The lascars can scarcely be called artillerymen; it is true that they
fill certain _numbers_ at the gun, but the greater portion were
employed on the drag-ropes.
Footnote 40:
3 King’s Regiments 3,000
2 Companies European Regiment 2,500
17 Native Regiments 35,360
——————
40,860
——————
Footnote 41:
The 6-pounder of that day was probably four hundred weight and a half.
Footnote 42:
Lieut.-Colonel Montague, Commandant; Lieutenant Drummond, Adjutant;
Lieutenant R. Browne, Quarter-Master.
───────────────────────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────
Lascar Companies. │6, 20 │11, 27 │18, 25 │10, 17
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Company. │3 │5 │1 │2
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Battalion. │1 │2 │3 │3
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Captains. │Grace │Clarke │Tomkyns │Glass
│Dunn │ │ │
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Captain-Lieutenants. │Caldwell │Collier │Toppin │Balfour
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Lieutenants. │Pennington│Hetzler │ │A. Dunn
│Green │Douglas │ │
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Lieutenant-Fireworkers. │Bayle │Graham │Hay │Ahmuty
│Richards │ │ │Brooke
───────────────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────
Non-Com. Officers and │56 │63 │69 │72
Gunners. │ │ │ │
───────────────────────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────
Footnote 43:
Royal Artillery.
Footnote 44:
Beatson’s Seringapatam.
Footnote 45:
His brother was one of the council of revenue at Dinagepoor in 1766.
Footnote 46:
There is some unaccountable error in the above. Goddard left Culpee in
May, 1778, with Leslie’s force. He was employed in 1781 at the
Bhoreghat against the Mahrattas, who may have been mistaken for
Rohillas. The detachment with Sir Eyre Coote sailed from Calcutta in
October, 1780. Montague appears on the returns of one of these
companies, but from the circumstantial account of his wound, we must
suppose he went round and joined Goddard, and returned in the end of
1781. The regimental returns are blank from July 1780 to April 1781,
and the companies absent on service are not included till their
return. We had thought that Lieutenant Montague was quarter-master to
the artillery in 1781.—E. B.
Footnote 47:
The following conversation took place between the deputy
adjutant-general and Major Montague as the latter passed headquarters
on his march: “Lord C. has it in contemplation to give Colonel Smith
the command of the artillery to be employed against Severn-droog, and
he wishes to know if that circumstance will be any impediment to your
exertions.” The major replied, “that he did not expect to take the
command; that his only wish was to be employed, and that his lordship
might rely on his utmost exertions for the public service under
Smith.” The deputy adjutant-general did not think that answer
sufficiently explicit; and said, “Lord C. wished to know whether Major
M. could act with more effect when independent of Colonel Smith, than
when under his command?” The major answered, “that he could certainly
carry a plan of his own into execution in the same time that it would
require to suggest and explain it to another.” The deputy
adjutant-general therefore concluded that Major M.’s real opinion was
that he should prefer to conduct the business by himself, and informed
him that his lordship was disposed to give Colonel Smith an
opportunity of knocking down the walls of the place where he had been
so long confined in a former war; but as it might be attended with
some risk to the service, he was at length determined to appoint Major
M. to command and conduct the artillery against that important place,
as the capture of it was absolutely necessary to the further progress
of the campaign.
Footnote 48:
He married a Miss Fleetwood at Masulipatam in 1792, when on his return
to Bengal from the first campaign against Tippoo.
Footnote 49:
The note in a former page may serve to explain this neglect, as the
commanding officer of artillery was the same Colonel Smith to whom he
had been preferred at Severn-droog.
Footnote 50:
Minute by Governor-General, January 19, 1800.—“The conduct of the
artillery and lascars attached to the regiment during the time of its
absence from these provinces is equally entitled to commendation.”
Footnote 51:
Captain Humphreys at the time of the massacre was seized by a junior
assistant surgeon who rolled with him down the steep where the dead
were flung; they remained concealed three or four days, but being
discovered were taken before the king and separately confined.
Footnote 52:
On the march from Rosetta to Alexandria the axletree of one of the
limbers broke, and for want of a forge-cart the detachment was
detained eighteen hours on the desert without water or provisions; had
a forge-cart been there, two hours would have sufficed.—Captain Brown
to Colonel Green, 2nd April, 1803.
Footnote 53:
Returned to India on sick certificate September, 1801.—Letter from
Military Board to Military Secretary, 26th September, 1801.
Footnote 54:
The uniform at this time consisted of the bearskin cap, long coat,
with scarlet facings and embroidered button-holes, and grey trowsers
with a red cord down the seam.
Footnote 55:
English 516, Irish 484, Scotch 74, Welsh 19, Foreigners 211, no
description 32.
Footnote 56:
Letter of John Duncan, 10th November, 1802, to Supreme Government.
Footnote 57:
Lieutenant Mathews was appointed fort adjutant at Agra the following
year, and afterwards deputy commissary of ordnance at Futteygurh, and
on his promotion to a captaincy was retained. “At the particular
recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief, in consideration of the
peculiar services of Lieutenant Mathews, who lost his leg and thigh in
the battle of Delhi, the Governor-General is pleased to determine that
Captain Mathews shall be exempted from the operation of the General
Orders of 14th November, declaring the situation of deputy commissary
of ordnance to be incompatible with the rank of regimental captain.”
“This exemption is admitted as a mark of attention and indulgence to a
deserving officer, who has suffered severely in the execution of his
duty on active service against the enemy.”—General Orders of May 15,
1806.
Footnote 58:
In moving for the production of papers in the House of Commons on this
occurrence, Sir Philip Francis said it had cost “two complete
companies of sipahis, some cannon, and fifty European artillerymen,
every man of whom were cut to pieces: the loss of the sipahis is to be
lamented, that of the artillerymen is invaluable.” A most infelicitous
expression for the author of Junius.
Footnote 59:
Two 12-pounders, one 6-pounder, two howitzers, and tumbrils.
Footnote 60:
Cross was appointed to the Ordnance Commissariat Department, and at
the present moment is living at Penang, having, after a long,
laborious, and honourable career, been allowed to retire on a pension
with the rank of captain.
Footnote 61:
Capt.-Lieutenant A. Graham; Lieutenant T. Pereira; Lieut.-Fireworker
Ewart, I. Rawlins, H. C. Baker, T. D. Fordyce.
Footnote 62:
In this year the Java Light Cavalry, with H. A. attached, was formed;
Capt.-Lieutenant Boileau, Lieutenant Gowan, and Lieutenant Parlby
accompanied it; but we believe this corps was never engaged.
Footnote 63:
1st Troop,—Major Pennington; Lieutenants Gowan, Kennedy, Campbell,
Moreland.
2nd Troop,—Capt. Starke; Capt.-Lieutenants Whish, Boileau; Lieutenants
Playfair, Curtis, Lumsden, Sconce.
3rd Troop,—Captain Brooke; Capt.-Lieutenant Rodber; Lieutenants
Parlby, Hyde, Luxford.
Captain-Lieutenant McQuake was quarter-master to the reserve.
Footnote 64:
Four 18-pounders, 2,400 shot; two 8-inch mortars, 400 shells.
Footnote 65:
Capt.-Lieutenant Battine; Lieutenants Tennant, Lyons, C. Smith, C. G.
Dixon; Chesney, adjutant.
Footnote 66:
Major McLeod, commandant; Lieutenant Cruikshanks, adjutant; Captains
Webbe, G. Brooke, Mason, Fordyce, Cartwright, C. Graham, Timbrell, and
Hall and E. P. Gowan, who joined at Nahun.
Footnote 67:
Captain McDowall; Lieutenants De Brett, Crawford, Twemlow.
Footnote 68:
Major Mason, commandant; Lieutenant Walcott, adjutant; Capt. Lindsay;
Lieutenants Roberts, Kempt, Blake, Mathison, Counsell, Vanrenen,
Fulton, Pereira, Scott, Croxton.
Footnote 69:
Captains Pollock and Biggs; Lieutenants Marshall, Denniss, Geddes,
Buck, and O. Baker.
Footnote 70:
1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 1 lieutenant-fireworker, 10 non-commissioned
officers, 80 troopers, 5 sirdars, 60 surwans, 70 camels, 20 horses, 4
cars, 20 bouches à jeu, and 960 rockets.
Footnote 71:
The subject is fully gone into in “Considerations on behalf of the
Officers of the Indian Artillery and Engineer Corps,” by
Lieutenant-Colonel James Young, of the artillery. Published in 1816.
Footnote 72:
During the most severe part of this affair, a circumstance occurred
truly creditable to the character of this officer, and fully
substantiated by the testimony of an eye-witness. An European horse
artilleryman fell deadly wounded, and on his comrades attempting to
carry him to the rear, he entreated them to desist, adding, “I know I
must die, and I only wish to shake Lieutenant Mathison by the hand
before I die.” His wish was immediately gratified, and he expired
uttering “God bless you.”
Footnote 73:
The artillery were in front, and the first gun that opened was a
Madras horse-artillery gun under Lieutenant Hunter, which killed the
enemy’s beenee-wala, or quarter-master-general, upon which they took
to flight. One of Captain Hunter’s two guns sticking on the stump of a
tree, Lieutenant Crawford moved on with the other, accompanying
Captain Rodber’s guns.
Footnote 74:
Lieutenant Crawford says, “After a five-mile gallop we pulled up,
having no troops near but about 80 of the 5th cavalry, and so dead
beat were we all with the long march and gallop, that the Peshwah and
those with him, being fresh, got off easily.”
Footnote 75:
The explosion of a shell we believe.
Footnote 76:
2 24-pounder guns
22 18-pounder guns
4 12-pounder guns
3 12-pounder guns brass
16 6-pounder guns
14 —— -pounder guns gallopers
4 10-inch mortars
8 8-inch mortars
9 5½-inch mortars
6 8-inch howitzers
7 5½-inch howitzers
4 4⅖-inch howitzers
Footnote 77:
The 6th independent company of golundaz, and 40th company of gun
lascars were reduced on their return from Ceylon in March, 1819.
Footnote 78:
Joined in December, 1824.
Footnote 79:
Maharajah Bulwunt Sing succeeded his father in 1824, and was dethroned
by his cousin, Durjun Sal in March, 1825.
Footnote 80:
16 24-pounders,
20 18-pounders,
4 12-pounders,
12 8-inch howitzers,
2 13-inch mortars,
12 10-inch mortars,
46 8-inch mortars.
Footnote 81:
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2nd company,│ 1st brigade
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1st company,│ 2nd brigade
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2nd company,│ 〃
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3rd company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
4th company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
1st company,│ 3rd brigade
─────────────┼─────────────
2nd company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
4th company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
2nd company,│1st battalion
─────────────┼─────────────
3rd company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
4th company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
1st company│3rd battalion
─────────────┼─────────────
2nd company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
3rd company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
4th company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
2nd company,│4th battalion
─────────────┼─────────────
3rd company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
3rd company,│6th battalion
─────────────┼─────────────
4th company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
5th company,│ 〃
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13th company,│ 〃
─────────────┼─────────────
17th company,│ 〃
─────────────┴─────────────
Footnote 82:
The daily expenditure of ammunition and artillery details of this
siege will be found in the East-India United Service Journal for 1837.
Footnote 83:
R. A. P. R. A. P.
Lieut.-Colonel 1,032 4 0 752 14 0 per mensem.
Major 789 3 0 580 14 6 per mensem.
Captain 433 10 0 354 13 0 per mensem.
1st Lieutenant 265 12 0 209 14 0 per mensem.
2nd Lieutenant 213 5 0 167 10 6 per mensem.
Footnote 84:
R. A. P.
Lieutenant-Colonel per mensem 827 14 0
Major 580 14 6
Captain 392 5 0
1st Lieutenant 234 14 0
2nd Lieutenant 192 10 6
Footnote 85:
The effect is clearly shown in the brigading the late army of the
Sutlej, where the army, consisting of fifteen cavalry and thirty-seven
infantry regiments, formed into six divisions and sixteen brigades,
was thus commanded:—
Cavalry regiments 3 Queen’s, 12 Company’s
Infantry regiments 8 Queen’s, 29 Company’s
Division Commanders 4 Queen’s, 2 Company’s
Brigade regiments 7 Queen’s, 9 Company’s
Of the cavalry, although four-fifths were Company’s regiments, the
division and three of the brigade commands fell to H.M.’s service.
Footnote 86:
1st company, 3rd battalion, and field-battery.
Detail of golundaz, and 2 6-pounders.
Gwalior contingent battery.
6 18-pounders.
2 8-inch howitzers.
4 8-inch mortars.
Major Bell.
Captain Lane.
Lieut. Buckle, commissary of ordnance.
Lieut. Richardson.
Lieut. Kinleside.
Lieut. Abercrombie.
Lieut. Salmon, adjutant.
Lieut. J. H. Smyth, Gwalior contingent.
Footnote 87:
(No. 6 battery.)
Footnote 88:
Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel) Salter of the cavalry, and Lieutenant
Sturt of the engineers (since killed in action).
Footnote 89:
The highest point surmounted, the Irak pass, was 12,400 feet above the
sea.
Footnote 90:
A good practicable road across the mountains had, ere this, been made.
Footnote 91:
The 4th company 6th battalion, with Lieutenants A. Christie and
Robertson, formed part of this force. Captain Lawrence, as political
agent, accompanied it, and procured four guns from the Seiks, which,
however, were of little use, as their carriages broke down.
Footnote 92:
Captain Sotheby, Lieutenants Cornish and Brougham.
Footnote 93:
From the report of Brevet-Captain Reid, assistant
quartermaster-general. The latter portion of the extract is adopted
word for word by General Gray in his despatch.
Footnote 94:
This, and the following paragraphs distinguished by inverted commas,
are taken verbatim from a very valuable article on the “Bengal
Artillery” in the _Calcutta Review_, No. xviii.
Footnote 95:
The following extract from a minute by Sir Henry Hardinge, dated
January 20, 1845, relates to this important subject. “In reference to
the 4-horse field-batteries, it appears to me essential that
9-pounders should be drawn by eight horses instead of six; that a
battery of six pieces should therefore have, when ordered on field
service, a complement of 120 horses, instead of 98; and considering
the immediate result of a few weeks’ campaigning, the number ought to
be 130 horses. When not under orders for field service, the number may
remain at 98. On this matter, and every other relating to the
artillery, the Governor-General requests the Honourable Sir George
Pollock to make the arrangements which his experienced judgment may
decide, so as to secure the utmost efficiency; for in all these
matters, efficiency will be found to be true economy.” [The number of
horses would seem to have been raised in the first instance from 89 to
98.]
Footnote 96:
On the deaths of Captains Dashwood and Todd, Captain Mills (of the
political department) commanded the 1st troop 1st brigade at
Ferozeshuhur, and Lieutenant Mackinnon commanded the 2nd troop in the
same action; Captain Waller commanded the latter at Sobraon.
Footnote 97:
Two guns of the 2nd troop 3rd brigade accompanied this troop
throughout the action.
Footnote 98:
During the night of the 18th and the morning of the 19th the
ammunition-boxes of the horse-artillery and light field-batteries were
replenished, as far as practicable, from the spare waggons attached to
each troop and battery. The two guns of the 2nd troop 3rd brigade,
which had originally marched from Muttra merely on escort duty, being
unprovided with spare ammunition, borrowed a few rounds from other
guns, but not sufficient to complete.
Footnote 99:
Ferozeshuhur is a small village between Moodkee and Ferozepore, and
about five miles south of the high-road from the latter place to
Loodianah.
Footnote 100:
Sir Hugh Gough has stated in his despatch, that the ammunition of the
artillery had been completely exhausted in this protracted engagement.
And an able writer in the _Calcutta Review_ (No. XI.) has made a
similar assertion, which, however, is not quite correct as to the time
indicated, as all the troops of horse-artillery present were engaged
with Tej Singh. The author of the article on the “Sikh invasion of
British India” adds, “We believe the complement of a horse-artillery
gun on service is 300 rounds.” This is not quite accurate. Each
6-pounder gun carries with it 128 rounds of all sorts; and each
12-pounder howitzer has 80 rounds. The troops of horse-artillery from
Umballah and Loodianah had each two spare 6-pounder waggons, and one
howitzer waggon, making up the complement to 166⅖ rounds per gun, and
140 per howitzer. The Ferozepore troops brought out with them no extra
waggons, and the two guns of the 2nd troop 3rd brigade had no spare
ammunition at all.
Footnote 101:
The order was given to the brigadier, without authority from the
Commander-in-Chief.
Footnote 102:
“The royal waggons carry 146 rounds a gun, the Indian waggons, I
believe, only contain 96 rounds. In the royal service, the (6-pounder)
gun and waggon carry 194 rounds a gun. The extra waggons in the royal
service have 29 rounds a gun, and in the Indian service only 19 rounds
a gun. The waggon in the Indian service is, I have no doubt, best
adapted to the country and the draught animals, but if a battery of
five guns had ten waggons (and the howitzer one waggon), the number of
rounds a gun would be about 220. The 9-pounder field batteries, I
understand, take into action 139 rounds a gun. The royal 9-pounder
takes 166.”—_Minute of Lord Hardinge, Feb. 2, 1847._
Footnote 103:
In a memorandum on this subject left by Captain Buckle, the author
says:—“At Sobraon, the heavy guns, which had been waited for nearly a
month, were placed on the plain about 1,300 yards from the
intrenchments, instead of in batteries prepared for them at half that
distance, and the facilities for which were great in the abundance of
men and material, and in the softness of the soil. They might easily
have been erected during the night of the 9-10th of February, had
previous arrangements been made; and had this been done, the enemy’s
intrenchments, instead of being nearly uninjured, would have been
swept away by the storm of shot poured upon them. As it was, the
effect of the fire was greater on the defenders of the works than upon
the works themselves; and quite as much as was expected by those
competent to form an opinion, considering the greatness of the
distance, and the shortness of time during which they fired. And for
the selection of the distance we are credibly informed that the
artillery are not responsible.”
Footnote 104:
“For the severe punishment inflicted on the Sikhs during their retreat
across the river, we are indebted to the singular forethought and cool
calculating judgment of the Governor-General. Owing to the paucity of
artillerymen, men had been taken from the horse-artillery to serve the
heavy guns in the field; and the troops—three if not four—to which
they belonged, were _left behind in camp_. The services of these
troops would have been lost to the army on the 10th February, had not
Sir Henry Hardinge, while the battle was yet raging, ascertained that
the ammunition of the heavy guns was nearly expended, and deduced,
from this misfortune, the more than _fortunate_ conclusion, that the
horse-artillerymen would soon be again available for their proper
duties. He accordingly sent back orders to the troops left in camp to
move down without delay to _Rhodawallah_; and they _were_ brought down
_by their drivers alone_, to that post, where they found their own
artillerymen waiting for them, and were galloped into action. The
anecdote is not generally known, but is worthy of record as highly
characteristic of a mind peculiarly happy in the arrangement of
_details, whose judicious combination alone produces military
success.”—Reviewer._ [Colonel Alexander’s, Major Campbell’s, and
Captain Turton’s troops were on the right; Colonel Lane, with Sir R.
Dick’s division. Major Grant, as before mentioned, had commenced the
action with his 24-pounder howitzers. The officers and men of the 2nd
troop 1st brigade, 3rd troop 1st brigade, 5th troop 1st brigade, and
1st troop 3rd brigade, were employed with the heavy batteries,
rockets, and reamers. The 1st troop 1st brigade had remained with
Wheeler near Loodhianah.]—_Editor._
Footnote 105:
MacGregor’s “History of the Sikhs.”
Footnote 106:
Colonel Lawrence had by this time proceeded to Europe for the recovery
of his health.
Footnote 107:
Thackwell marched without baggage or camp equipage.
Footnote 108:
A brigade had been sent across previously by pontoons a few miles up
the river, but too late to take part in the action of Sadoolapore.
Footnote 109:
With regard to Pennycuick’s brigade, the Commander-in-Chief says in
his official despatch: “In justice to this brigade, I must be allowed
to state that they behaved heroically, and but for their too hasty
and, consequently, disorderly advance, would have emulated the conduct
of the left brigade, which, left unsupported for a time, had to charge
to their front and right wherever an enemy appeared. The brigade of
horse-artillery on their left, under Lieutenant-Colonel Brind,
judiciously and gallantly aiding, maintained an effective fire.”
Footnote 110:
This troop had been on the detachment system experimentally, but,
after Chillianwallah, when new guns were given, it reverted to the old
system.
Footnote 111:
The following remarks by Major Siddons on the artillery practice at
Mooltan, taken from his admirable report of the siege, will be read
with interest:—“The artillery practice was most excellent, and the
exertions of officers and men indefatigable. It is impossible to
over-rate the service rendered by the 8-inch and 10-inch howitzers.
The walls are mostly of mud, or brick and mud; and it so happened that
the part selected for the breach was very defective—a mere facing over
the old wall. In this the 24-pounder shot brought down large masses;
but where the wall was sound the shot buried themselves, whereas the
shells penetrated and then acted as small mines. Against a mud fort,
an howitzer must therefore be considered far preferable to a gun,
though of course the latter would be more effective against a
well-built stone wall. The inconvenience to howitzers is the
difficulty of preserving the cheeks of the embrasures. The iron
howitzer might, perhaps, with advantage be lengthened.”
Footnote 112:
As another opportunity is not likely to occur, it may be mentioned
here that General Whish was instrumental in introducing some important
improvements in the internal organization of the artillery. He was the
first, when in temporary command of the horse-artillery (April, 1821),
to establish regimental libraries for the use of the men. In 1836, he
so far reformed the horse-artillery system, as to render it
unnecessary that the guns should be accompanied into action by their
waggons,—a change, however, which was reversed in 1845. He was also,
in 1841, instrumental in the abolition of winkers, as a portion of the
harness of the horses.
Footnote 113:
“The batteries engaged in action by those attached to the 1st and
2nd divisions, advancing to within about six hundred yards; and
the heavy guns within eight hundred or one thousand yards of the
enemy’s artillery, on which they opened their fire about nine
o’clock A.M.”—_Brigadier-General Tennant’s Despatch to the
Commander-in-Chief._
Footnote 114:
Non-effective—1 pay serjeant, 1 drill serjeant, 1 major serjeant, 1
park serjeant, 1 drill corporal, 3 camp colour-men, a bullock
serjeant, and overseer of bildars in time of service.
The ordnance with each company appears to have consisted of six light
6-pounders and two howitzers; to assist in working these and the
field-pieces with sipahi battalions, a large body of lascars were
attached to each company.
Heavy guns and mortars were supplied from magazines at the
head-quarters of brigades to the extent available and required for any
particular service.
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